Chelsea Brown
443-994-6418
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Dance & Psychology
Dual Degree, May 2016
University of Maryland, College Park
Cum Laude
AWARDS & HONORS
Erika Thimey Award for Performance, Choreography, and Leadership, 2016
Dance Place’s Choreographer’s Showcase Commission Recipient, 2016
Maryland Summer Scholars Research Grant Recipient, 2013 & 2015
Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Scholarship Recipient, 2012-2016
CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
Washington, D.C.
Glass commissioned for Dance Place’s New Releases Choreographer’s Showcase, 2016
If Only I Knew co-choreographed duet with Bethany Disque, performed at the National American College Dance Festival (ACDA) at the John F. Kennedy Center, 2014
University of Maryland
M42 self-choreographed solo for University of Maryland (UMD) Undergraduate Showcase, 2016
My Something self-choreographed solo, 2014-2015
The Lost World main stage play at UMD, Assistant Choreographer to Adriane Fang, 2015
Let me in. Let me out. co-choreographed with Dance MFA student, Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, 2014
Gun Gun Guna choreographed this Bollywood piece for Arundel High School Dance Company, 2014
Unraveling: Discovering the Interconnection Between Science, Art, and Religion
Maryland Summer Scholars Research Project, 2013
Phunktions Hip Hop Dance Company choreographer, 2013-2014
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Washington, D.C.
John F. Kennedy Center Local Artist Commission, 2016
Skirt the Wall performed with Heart Stück Bernie
Orange Grove Dances, 2016
Un Castell Built for Two choreographed by Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves
VelocityDC Dance Festival, 2016
Teetering choreographed by Christopher K. Morgan
Dance Place Choreographer’s Showcase
My Something self-choreographed solo, 2015
Glass commissioned work, 2016
31st Annual Choreographers’ Showcase, 2014
University of Maryland
University of Maryland Opera Studio, 2017
An Orpheus Adventure Corps de Ballet member
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Donor Luncheon, 2015
Sharing Atoms with the Stars self-choreographed solo for Clarice and Michelle Smith
PearsonWidrig DanceTheater, 2015
rapture choreographed by Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig
MFA Dance Concert, 2014
Pleated choreographed by Dance MFA candidate, Stephanie Miracle
New York City
PearsonWidrig DanceTheater, 2014
A Curious Invasion choreographed by Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig
Sparks Dance Collective in New York City, 2014
If Only I Knew co-choreographed with Bethany Disque
RELATED EXPERIENCE
PearsonWidrig DanceTheater, company member, 2014-present
Heart Stück Bernie, company member, 2016-present
Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, add-on dancer, 2016
Anne Arundel County’s Performance and Visual Arts Program, dance teacher, 2015-present
Member of the American Dance Therapy Association, 2015-present
Bates Dance Festival Professional Training Program, 2015
Studied with Shonach Mirk Robles, Rennie Harris, Kathleen Hermesdorf, and Robbie Cook
Bates Dance Festival Professional Training Program, 2014
Studied with Chris Aiken, Shonach Mirk Robles, and Jenn Nugent
Delta Chi Xi Honorary Dance Fraternity, Inc., Member 2012-2013, President, 2013-2015
Current Employment
Dance Teacher
RoCo Dance & Fitness
Brisbane Dance Workshop
Managing Director
Duniya Dance & Drum Company
2010 - present
2010 - present